So this guy, he loves blocking a lot of the peeps on the sub on reddit. And this makes discussing in the sub really fucking hard since Reddit prevents you from replying under anything that someone has blocked you posted. If he posts a story ? Can't reply at all to anyone commenting under it. If he replies at the top of a thread and you want to reply to somebody else further down ? Can't reply.
Does that guy really need his safe space that much that he can just disrupt conversation in the sub that much with all his blocking ? And then he has the gal to accuse others of blocking him, when that is a bold faced lie.
And don't you feel better you have an alternative to reddit
Can't tell the truth about (((bankers))) on Reddit
He seems to have lost the plot sometime ago. I remember when he was presenting himself as this respected lawyer with his educated opinion. Which in a way made some sense why he would post his long creeds about topics, he (allegedly) was knowledgeable and could bring insight.
But he seems to have bought into his own hype and now considers himself a mega intellectual who knows everything about any topic, and that we should be grateful for his manifestos.
Then Ukraine happened and he must have some personal connection somewhere because he is almost indistinguishable from a shill on the topic with how 200% he dogpiles anyone who questions his black/white narratives.
He is a lawyer. ;)
Which, I've worked with them, am going through law school atm yadda yadda yadda so I should know
Some of his legal takes were quite questionable but he does seem to have a legal education he's just very much an ideologue who can never be wrong so I'm 99% sure he's a lawyer lol
Who?
Huh. Never took him for the blocking type. Pretty cringe if true. Idk. I'm just of the school of thought that you can just ignore replies.
He started doing it as soon as people started disagreeing in his Pro-Ukraine posts. Lots of peeps who weren't full in "Pro Ukraine, kill Russia", he blocked. Then he accuses them (including me) of being Russian Bots and that somehow, we're the ones blocking him (my block list is empty on reddit, because yeah, no need to block anyone, just stop reading their shit if it gets on your nerves).
The Ukraine situation really revealed a lot of people's colors, especially that good ol' Cold War style "anything Russia bad" root still waits in their brain.
Both the Ukraine and covid situations revealed that it is indeed possible to spit out the red pill.
Yeah that's what gets me the most. You'd think on a sub created after journalists were exposed for doing shoddy work, people would be more skeptical of mass media narratives that pop up overnight with little regards to all the available facts, but here we are.
I wouldn't necessarily say it "revealed people's colors" as much as it exposed some biases and blind spots.
He still seems generally reasonable on most other topics (though I take them with a larger grain of salt now). I don't engage much so apparently haven't triggered his blocking finger.
I use revealing colors because it reveals the shaky foundation the supposed "principles" they hold are built upon, and that they aren't to be trusted as a reasonable person when the time comes.
Its one thing to have biases and blind spots. Its another to be fanatical about it, and dive head first into every type of behavior you spend time criticizing your opponents for.
Its also an example of that one Effect whose name I forget. Whereas once you see how wrong a supposed expert is on one topic that you do know about, how can you trust anything they say on topics you don't know enough about?
It also reveals that alot of people assume others principles. Like some dude tried claiming I was betraying my "libertarian" principles by calling for enforcement of laws he didn't like when I have never been libertarian lmao. Just because I've been around since the beginning doesn't mean I agree with dipshittery like libertarianism
Yeah, its like when they talk about "holding our side accountable" or all these assumptions like everyone here is some form of Libertarian or at best Conservative.
Like I ain't out here proposing to disenfranchise women with 100% sincerity.
Just yesterday, he posted about the baby formula. Started well. Then in a comment later, he said the FDA should have never closed the plant to begin with, at all, over 2 deaths.
He's a bit insane.
The FDA's issue is not reopening the plant when they found out the cases weren't related to Abbott formula and keeping the investigation going even though the evidence was already clear.
Like his Ukraine stance, he seems to lack nuance in his posts.
I don't even remember talking to him before getting blocked. I noticed being blocked after saying something along the lines that Ukraine Bad, Russia Bad, no one should care about their spat.
Lol that's a good problem to have!
The funny thing is they actually toned down the effect blocking someone has when the kiddy diddlers at r/AHS whined that it would make it harder to harass their targets off the site.
Dude accused me of being a russian shill cause i wasnt pro ukraine. Now i just ignore him
I would, the problem is sometimes I want to reply say to you under something, but your comment is under one of his comments/posts, and then I can't, because the asshole has me blocked.
That sounds like a really lazy/stupid way to implement blocking.
Reddit gonna reddit.